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I'd love to try some wingsuit stuff.
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I'd love to try some wingsuit stuff.
It's a feeling that you are really flying. During my checkout I asked "How do you turn this thing?" Very experienced instructor from Z-Hills said "Honestly, I don't know. You just think left and you turn left. Think right, go right. There is something hardwired in our brains for this." In the air he was exactly right.
There are some gear mods you have to do to. Primary is to extend the length of the main pilotchute bridle. This is to prevent what happened to me. On deployment you bring in both arms and legs collapsing the wings. Grab the pilotchute and extend all 4 limbs again during pitchout. My short bridle caused the pilotchute to fall back into the burble. A second or so later I felt the main d-bag bouncing around my legs. About the time I went OH SHEEET the pilotchute finally got clear air and the deployment went normal except for one line twist.
Do have a Birdman Gti sized for 5'10" at 175 lbs that needs to go to a good home. I don't jump enough anymore to be current to jump wingsuits.
Never could bet the farm on one roll of the dice.